Does anyone on the forum have experience using the broda chair with their loved one??? I have been researching different types of tilt back chairs that would maybe be more comfortable than the geri chair as my husband has started leaning so much to the right I have to use pillows to prop him up, he looks so uncomfortable I am thinking of the broda chair, it looks like it would be a good choice. Can anyone advise????
bluedaze, I know they are very pricey. I did a price check and they run from 2 to 3 thousand dollars. Pricey in terms of dollars but not much when you think of what our husbands did for us during their working lifetime. I want him to be comfortable and just thought it looked more comfortable than the geri chair and easier to use??????
Jane, I looked at the video on the Broda Chair and I don't see a whole lot of difference between that and the reclining wheelchair. Hospice provided us with the reclining wheelchair and DH always seemed to be comfortable in it. I could recline him to any position and go just far enough back that he didn't lean to one side if that's what I wanted.. I always wanted him comfortable and I think he was.
Give me a call when you have some free time to talk.
I talked to the Hospice nurse today and she told me the Broda chair would not be good for us in that I have to use the sling and hoyer lift. She said the Broda chair sits low to the floor just like a lawn chair and that it would be really hard for one person to position the sling and place him in the chair with the hoyer so I will just stay with the geri chair for now.
Hi Joyce, You were great with your DH and such a great inspiration to me, you have kept me going, I just thought to myself today, Joyce did this 12 years surely I can last a bit longer. On and on we go.
You can do it Jane. Remember the one day at at time rule. Do you have my home number up North? If so, call me. If you don't let me know and I'll send it to you. Take care.
This thread is old and don't know the current situation. But maybe someone else will benefit from this info. My dad sounds very similar to Jane's husband. He was unable to walk or control his body and he would lean sideways and fall out of a standard wheelchair. Hospice introduced us to a Broda chair. We used it with a Hoyer lift. We couldn't have managed without it for the last couple of years. Since it tilts at all angles and lays flat, it helped prevent pressure sores from developing because you could easily adjust the tilt. To put the Hoyer sling under, we just laid the chair flat and rolled it under him (like rolling a chuck under). They are pricy. We actually found one second hand.